A proposal to bring back the name Romanați to the modern-day Olt County for changing its name to "Olt-Romanați County" was first suggested in 2017,[1] but a name referendum held on 6 and 7 October 2018[2] failed to get enough votes to validate it, and thus, the name change proposal was unsuccessful.

Subsequently, two more districts were established:According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 271,096 inhabitants, ethnically divided as follows: 98.4% Romanians, 1.1% Romanies, as well as other minorities.

From the religious point of view, the population was 99.6% Eastern Orthodox, 0.1% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.

In 1930, the county's urban population (the three communes of Caracal, Corabia, and Balș) was 29,308 inhabitants, comprising 94.2% Romanians, 2.9% Romanies, 0.5% Hungarians, 0.5% Jews, 0.4% Greeks, 0.3% Germans, as well as other minorities.

From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 97.8% Eastern Orthodox, 0.8% Roman Catholic, 0.6% Jewish, 0.2% Greek Catholic, 0.2% Lutheran, 0.2% Calvinist, as well as other minorities.